Manure loader



May 26, 1925. I 1,539,622

E. L. AMUNDSON MANURE LOADER Filed May 8, 1923 2 Sheets-sheet 1 Ygwue'nfoz May 26, 1925. 1,539,622

7 E. L. AMUNDSQN MANURE LOADER Filed May 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllPatented May 26, 1925.

UNITED sTATEe n) L. AMUNDSON, F HENNING, Mmnnsown.

MANTJB-E LOADEB.

Application filed May 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, En L. AMUNDsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenning, in the county of Otter Tail and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure Leaders; and1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its object the pro vision of a machine for loadingmanure,

- gous fertilizer into a wagon whereby it is spread or supplied to theground to be. enriched.

urther object of the invention is the of a machine of the character onmay be readily manipulated in the o elation of loading, the work beingperformed by power derived from a motor and controlled by levers.

(Ether objects and advantages will be ap parent and suggest then selvesas the nature oi ahe i vention is understood.

llhile the drawings illustrate an embodi- .ent of the invention it is tobe underthat in adapting the same to meet 'entconditions andrequirements, va- 1 changes in the form, proportion and or detai s ofconstruction may be resorted without departing from the nat of theinvention.

lteferring to the accompanying drawin s forming a part of theapplication:

Figure l is a side view of a manure loader embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a front view,

Figure 4 a detail view of the mechanism for effecting a swinging of themast, and

Figure 5 is a detail view in rear eleva tion of the fork.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the dravn ings bylike reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the bed of a wagon which receives the partscomprising the loading mechanism. A motor 2 of any preferred type ismounted upon the bed 1 and is belted or otherwise geared to the jackwhereby the loading mechanism is operated.

A standard 3 is located at one end of 18-23. Serial No. 537,589.

lower end hereofand is stayed at its upper outer end by means of a brace7 which is connected to the u'pp erend of the standard 3. A doublesheafpulley 8 is located at the uppe'nend of the standard 3 and cablesEland '10 pass thereover. Other sheave pulleys l1, l2'and 13 are locatedat intervals 'in the length of the mast 6, the cable passing over thepulley 11 and the cable passing around the pulleys'12 and 13. it boom1'4 pivoted to the mast 6 is prov ded with sheave pulleys 15 and 16, thee .le 9 passing around'the pulley 1'5 and the cable 10 passing aroundthe pulley A fork 17 ispivoted tot'he boom 14 a sheave pulley 18' isconnected thereto and receives the cable 10. The lower end of the cable9 is attached to the fork 17. Cne end of the cable 10 is attached to theupper end of the mast 6. The opposite end of the cable 9 is connected toa drum and is adapted to wind thereon. The other end of the cable 10 isconnected to a drum 19 and is adapted to wind thereon. The drums 19 and20 are loose on the respective shafts 21 and 22 and are adapted to beengaged therewith by clutch members 23 and 2% which are operable bymeans of levers 25 and 26. A gear wheel fast to the shaft 21 is in meshwith a gear wheel 28 fast to the shaft 22. The gear wheel 28 is in meshwith a gear wheel 29 fast to a shaft 30 which is belted or otherwisegeared to the motor 2. A bevel crown gear 31 fast to the outer end ofthe shaft 22 is adapted to cooperate with a double ended bevel pinion 32slidably mounted on a shaft 34 and rotatable therewith and adapted to beshifted by means of a lever 35 whereby to rotate the shaft in reversedirections as required. A transverse shaft 36 is geared to thelongitudinal shaft 34 and has a pinion 38 fast thereto which is in meshwith a gear wheel 39 fast to the lower end of the post 5. It will thusbe understood that rotation of the shaft 34 in one direction or theother effects a corresponding movement of the post 5 with the resultthat the mast 6 and boom 14 carried n a mast oextends outwardly from thethereby are swung laterally whereby to carry the fork 17 to and from thepile of ma nure to be loaded upon the wagon.

When the fork 17 is swung to'the pile of manure, the lever 25 isoperated to throw the drum 19 into clutch engagement with the shaft 21,whereby to wind the cable 10 thereon and operate the fork 17 so as toload the same and when loaded, the lever 35 is operated to move the fork17 from the pile of manure to the wagon, after which the drum 19 isreleased and the drum 20 thrown into clutch engagement with the shaft22, whereby to wind the cable 9 thereon and o erate the fork 17 toeffect a discharge of the load into the wagon, after the operation isrepeated.

What is claimed is:

l. A machine of the class described having a mast, a boom dependingtherefrom, a loading device extending from the boom intermediate itsends, operating cables for said loading device, pulleys on said boom onopposite sides of the loading device over which the respective cablespass, one of said cables being fastened to said mast, another of saidcables being fastened to said loading device, pulleys on the mast overwhich each cable passes, and independently operable drums to control therespective cables.

2. In a machine of the character specified, a bed, a standard. risingtherefrom, a vertically disposed post journaled on said standard, a gearwheel at the lower end of said standard, a transverse shaft on saidstandard in driving relation to said gear wheel, a longitudinal shaftadjacent one side the mast, aloading device supported from the boom,pulleys on the boom one on each side of said device, cables trained oversaid pulleys, one of said cables being fastened to said device, theother cable being fastened to said mast, pulleys on said mast onopposite sides of the cable connection thereat and over which saidcables are trained, said cables being connected to said drums, and apulley on said standard over which said cables are trained.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ED L. AMUNDSON. WVitnesses:

T. H. HASTINGS, C. W. BARKER.

